The Asynchronous Business

"We note that the use of unstable business processes is on the rise. Unstable business processes are those that may change their execution from moment to moment — ones that cannot be relied on to operate the same every time. Some call these asynchronous processes or ad hoc processes, but whatever the name, they can be unstable and very agile. And make no mistake, this instability will be deliberate." Top 10 Strategic Predictions for 2015 and Beyond: Digital Business Is Driving 'Big Change' www.gartner.com

As I work with businesses to look at what lies beyond their immediate comfort zones, the more compelling it gets. As we have considered some of the scenarios, and the predictions, the more two things become really clear:

1. That the predictions will be specifically inaccurate, but generally right.

2. Their combined potential is changing everything we rely on today.

The range of well informed predictions, from the view that by 2018, digital business will require 50% fewer business process wor…